Melocactus curvispinus

Melocactus curvispinus

Melocactus curvispinus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Cactoideae
Tribus: Cereeae
Subtribus: Cereinae
Genus: Melocactus
Species: Melocactus curvispinus
Subspecies: M. c. subsp. caesius – M. c. subsp. curvispinus – M. c. subsp. dawsonii – M. c. subsp. koolwijkianus

Name

Melocactus curvispinus Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 46 (1837).

Synonyms

• Melocactus crassicostatus Lem., Cact. Aliq. Nov.: 13. 1838 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
• Melocactus obtusipetalus var. crassicostatus (Lem.) Lem. ex Miq., Monogr. Melocacti: 56. 1840 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Melocactus delessertianus Lem., Hort. Universel 1: 225–226. 1839 syn. sec. Hernández & Gómez-Hinostrosa 2011
  • Melocactus monvilleanus Miq. in Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 18(Suppl. 1): 133. 1841 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Melocactus brongnartii Hildm. in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 2: 90. 1892 syn. sec. Hunt 2006
  • Melocactus ruestii K.Schum. in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 6: 116. 1896 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
• Melocactus ruestii K.Schum., Verz. Cact.: 26. 1896 syn. sec. Hunt 2006
• Melocactus rustii K.Schum. in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 6: 116. 1896 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
• Cactus ruestii (K.Schum.) Britton & Rose, Cactaceae 3: 227. 1922 syn. sec. Hernández & Gómez-Hinostrosa 2011
  • Melocactus salvador L.Murillo in Circular 1897 (?). 1897 syn. sec. Hunt 2006
• Cactus salvador (L.Murillo) Britton & Rose, Cactaceae 3: 228. 1922 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Melocactus guatemalensis Gürke & Eichlam in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 18: 37. 1908 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Cactus obtusipetalus Britton & Rose, Cactaceae 3: 232. 1922 syn. sec. Hunt 2006
  • Melocactus guitarti León in Mem. Soc. Cub. Hist. Nat. Felipe Poey 8: 207. 1934 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Melocactus guitartii León in Mem. Soc. Cub. Hist. Nat. Felipe Poey 8: 207. 1934 syn. sec. Hunt 2006
  • Melocactus holguinensis Areces in Ciencias 10: 3. 1976 syn. sec. Hunt 2006
  • Melocactus jakusii Mészáros, Zoltan in Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 22: 134, f. 6. 1976 syn. sec. Hunt 2006
  • Melocactus ruestii subsp. centalapensis Elizondo in Cact. Suc. Mex. 31: 54. 1986 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Melocactus curvispinus subsp. cucutensis Xhonneux & Fern.Alonso in Revista Acad. Colomb. Ci. Exact. 26: 356. 2002 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America Regional: Caribbean Aruba, Cuba, Venezuelan Antilles Regional: Northern South America Colombia, Venezuela Regional: Central America Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Pfeiffer, L.K.G. 1837: Enumeratio Diagnostica Cactearum hucusque Cognitarum: 46

Additional references

• Villaseñor, J.L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559–902. DOI: 10.1016/j.rmb.2016.06.017 Online PDF Reference page. 
• Hernández, H.M. & Gómez-Hinostrosa, C. (2015). Mapping the cacti of Mexico part II. Mammillaria Succulent Plant Research 9: 1-189.
• Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. 2012. Cactaceae. In Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 192–202. DOI: 10.5479/si.0081024X.98.1 BHL Reference page. 
• Korotkova, N., Aquino, D., Arias, S., Eggli, U., Franck, A. , Gómez-Hinostrosa, C., Guerrero, P.C., Hernández, H.M., Kohlbecker, A., Köhler, M., Luther, K., Majure, L.C., Müller, A., Metzing, D., Nyffeler, R., Sánchez, D., Schlumpberger, B. & Berendsohn, W.G. 2021. Cactaceae at Caryophyllales. org–a dynamic online species-level taxonomic backbone for the family. Willdenowia 51(2): 251–270. DOI: 10.3372/wi.51.51208 Reference page. 

Links

• Korotkova, N. et al. 2021. Melocactus curvispinus in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Nov 29. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Melocactus curvispinus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Apr 03. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Melocactus curvispinus. Published online. Accessed: Apr 03 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Melocactus curvispinus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 03 Apr 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Melocactus curvispinus. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Apr 03. Reference page. 
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Melocactus curvispinus.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Melocactus curvispinus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2018-04-14.
• Melocactus curvispinus in Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. Accessed: 14 April 2018.

Vernacular names

español: Cabecinegro.

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